The deadline for the ex-prime minister's unredacted messages is approaching, and according to Boris Johnson's former communications director, WhatsApp "largely runs the UK government.".
According to Guto Harri, it is evidence that political communication has evolved.
Mr. Johnson is pleading with the government to deliver the information to the Covid inquiry undeleted and in its entirety.
How ministers responded to the pandemic is the subject of the public hearing, which starts in two weeks.
The global pandemic, according to Mr. Harri, the former Welsh head of communications at Downing Street, has "blurred the lines" between official communication and conversations on social media platforms like WhatsApp.
WhatsApp users can send messages, images, audio files, and videos.
The time when someone would sit down and write the official record on a clipboard is long past. The decisions that must be made, the sheer number of people involved, and the fact that there was a worldwide pandemic that kept people from being in the same room frequently, he said.
The instant messaging service, according to Mr. Harri, made the government run more smoothly. He continued, "It will surprise people, but that is the pace of government now. ".
Up to this point, the UK government has declined to turn over information that it deems irrelevant.
The Cabinet Office has until Thursday at 16:00 BST to provide all of the information that has been requested by the Covid inquiry.
The Cabinet Office has argued that ministers should be able to talk about policies in private and claims that a renowned attorney is currently determining what information is pertinent to the investigation.
Senior Conservative lawmakers have urged the government to back down in order to avoid a protracted legal battle.
According to Mr. Harri, confusion has led to people trying to determine "where the bottleneck lies.".
The majority of people, he predicted, "will be surprised that Boris Johnson is so willing to hand over his WhatsApp messages, because that puts pressure on the government to put pressure on other ministers, and the present prime minister."
